Cabinet



0. L. HENDRICKS.

Patented Pgb. 22, 1898., Q4

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CHARLES L. HENDRICKS, OF PRINCETON, INDIANA.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,387, dated February 22, 1898.

Application filed March 897- To a whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, CHARLES L. HENDRICKS, of Princeton, in the county of Gibson and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improved cabinets; and the object of the same is to provide a cabinet or stand for the use of grocers, the same being adapted to contain a series of compartments for the various spices which a grocer is called upon to handle, the arrangement of the cabinet being especially convenient, the same comprising besides the compartments for the spices a movable weighing device, a leaf for tying up the bags of spices, and a holding device to which the bags may be attached.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my cabinet. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the back or support, and extending longitudinally across this back near its upper end is the shelf 2. At the center of the front side of the back is the mirror 3, and on either side of the mirror are the vertical partitions 4, which form compartments 5, in which bottles of extracts, &c., are adapted to be placed, the bottles resting upon the shelf 2. Extending longitudinally across the back 1 and at right angles thereto is the bottom board 6. Positioned a short distance above this bottom board is a second board 7, which forms between it and the board 6 a space which is formed into the two compartments 8 and 9 on either side of the central space 10. These compartments are formed by suitable partitions 11 and are provided with the lids 12. A small compartment is formed near one of the compartments, and in this compartment 13 a ball of twine or cord is adapted to be positioned for use in tying up bags.

Extending downward from the shelf 2 to the bottom 7 is a board or back wall14, which Serial No. 629,139 (No model.)

forms the back of the spice boxes or compart* ments. These compartments are formed with the upper tier of boxes 15 and are provided with the downwardly-inclined lids 16 and the downwardly-inclined bottoms 17. The front wall 18 of these compartments forms the rear wall of the front tier of boxes 19. These boxes 19 have their lids sloping downward and their bottom inclined backward toward the lowest point of the inclined bottoms of the upper or rear tier of boxes. Spaces 20 and 21 are provided above the boxes for the names of the spices contained therein, Each spice-box of the upper or rear tier of boxes is controlled by a slide 22 in the bottom thereof, which is operated from the front of the cabinet. Each box of the front tier is provided with a slide 23, which is operated also from the front of the cabinet.

Upon the boards '7 and beneath the outlets of the boxes is a longitudinally-extending track 24, upon which a weighing-scale 25 is adapted to move, the same being mounted upon wheels. For retaining the scale beneath any particular box I provide the indentations 26 in the rails of the track, which, as will be understood, retain the scale in the desired position.

Extending outward from the board 7 at its center is the shelf 27, upon which the bags may be conveniently tied up, the twine being near at hand, as before stated. Upon one end of the cabinet I provide the wire hooks 28, bymeans of which paper bags are attached to the cabinet for convenient use.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a cabinet for the use of grocers and others in which the spices can be placed in convenientlyarranged compartments for use when desired in combination with the movable weighingscale and the other convenient attachments above enumer ated.

This cabinet is very simple in its construction and is very cheap of manufacture. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cabinet comprising a support, a series of bins or compartments arranged thereon, a second series of bins or compartments arranged in front of the first series and extend ing parallel therewith, the bottom walls of the two series being inclined toward each other and provided with outlets, slides controlling said outlets, a counter arranged beneath the bottoms of said bins and provided with a series of compartments, a track carried by said counter beneath the bins, a weighingscale movable upon said track, and means for holding the scale beneath any desired compartment or bin, substantially as described.

2. A cabinet comprising a support, a shelf arranged at the upper end thereof, having compartments formed thereon, a series of bins carried by the support and positioned a short distance below the shelf to form a space to receive the names of the articles contained in the bin, a second series of bins extending parallel to the first series and located a short distance below the same, so as to provide a space for the names of the articles contained therein, the lower walls of the two series of bins being inclined toward each other and provided with outlets, slides controlling said outlets, the slides for the front and rear bins being operated from the front of the cabinet, a counter extending beneath the outlets of the bins and provided with a series of compartments adjacent its front edge, and a shelf carried by said counter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. HENDRICKS.

Witnesses:

Burns 0. CAVANAH, VVILLIAM A. VVEsTFALL. 

